Draaiorgeldag Amsterdam - 13-09-2008 - Deel 2 - De Klok Special

Bij deze deel 2 van mijn videoverslag van het draaiorgelfestival in Amsterdam, opgenomen op 13 september 2008 in hartje Amsterdam!

In dit deel het onlangs door het NBC te Hilvarenbeek gerestaureerde Mortier straatorgel "De Klok", nu eigendom van Paul Smits, voor het eerst in het openbaar.
Veel kijkplezier!

Tracklist:
0:00-Carl Frei mars
2:13-Deutscher Fussbal marsch
4:48-Tico Tico
5:34-Wedding of the painted doll
8:00-Piston Polka
9:55-Lou Bandy medley
12:22-Tiptin
13:23-Leise klinkt eine Melodie
15:54-Kunkelsmars

Category:

Music

Tags:

• draaiorgel
• orgeldag
• concertorgel
• kermisorgel
• band
• organ
• concert
• fairground
• perlee
• drehorgel
• kirmesorgel
• orgue
• barbarie
• amsterdam
• klok
• mortier
• paul
• smits
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[pixibobcat]

Why doesn't the tubular bell chime except only in some of the songs? Does it need special books to activate it; or perhaps only the older books that originally came with it will make it work? This is a very nice and unique organ...nice video!

[Thijsie92]

@pixibobcat It chimes whenever the arranger thinks it is suitable for it to do so. It shouldn't be used all the time just because it is there.

[Johnnick1967]

A point of interest, there is a copie of this organ in Australia if its still playing. Also named 'de klok' in the early days this organ was from a Amsterdam organ landlord H. Möhlmann.

[Thijsie92]

It's not a copy and it is still playing (just) from what I gather.

[music22589]

is this roll or cardboard book, and what brand of roll or book?

[Thijsie92]

They're cardboard books (just like all old street organs in the Netherlands) as you can clearly see in the video. And what do you mean by brand? If you mean the arranger, that varies with every book.

[kirmesorgelfan]

Love "the wedding of the painted doll" - great!

[cecildover]

Thijs: I'm not sure what the significance of "Style " numbers is either. It may be only a way of identifying the facade design as I note in

art Reblitz book The Golden Age of Automatic musical Instruments there are two 84 key Mortiers shown one identified as a Style 29 the other as a style 41 . The Style 41 in the Sanfillipo collection has a facade that apears identical to the Nethercutt . I jdut realized I went way over my alloted words and had to delete lots. Next Email more.

[Thijsie92]

I never understood why organs always had to have model numbers in the U.S., rather than simply being told the number of keys it has (which is a much more useful piece of information anyway). The Wurlitzer band organ type numbers really do not seem to have a direct relation to the organ's size, e.g. higher numbers equal bigger organs. It just seems random to me. Who came up with the "Style 41" tidbit for the Mortier anyway, or was that something Mortier did themselves to keep the Americans happy?

[cecildover]

Hi Thijs; Thanks I was able to get to the video to listen again to De Klok. The arrangement of Tico Tico sounds like the same arrangement that I have heard on the 84 ket Mortier at the Nethercutt Museum here in southern Ca. They call it a "Style 41" and it has a very beautiful furniture facade. Regards Cecil